Did some stretches near the parking lot, then realized I started in 6 minutes so I had to run hard up the hill to the start.

orienteering race 36:47 [3] 4.6 km (8:00 / km)

I was feeling really confident and reading the map well through doing the practice map but it quickly left me by the time I started ...five minutes after my scheduled start. I had a few good controls early on but I was generally sloppy. I also lacked intensity as I ran due to the mind set I was already five minutes behind everyone ...of course until Michael started to catch me and that is when I picked up the pace and the stupid mistakes began.